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Ella Mae Lentz will give a presentation about the Deaf Bilingual Coalition on June 23rd during this conference.

She will also present about the Deafhood Foundation on the same day.

Below is a brief outline of her presentation.

Abstract:
Making waves since its first action during July 2007 protesting at an AGBell Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) conference in Virginia, the Deaf Bilingual Coalition believes, supports, and acts for the birthright of each Deaf child to be bilingual and bicultural with American Sign Language and English. This presentation will discuss DBC’s mission, purposes, actions and plans.

Outline:

I. The current state for Deaf babies and their families

A. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

B. Auditory Verbal Therapy and AGBell Academy

C. Auditory Industrial Complex

D. Bilingual Education Opportunities

II. History of Deaf Bilingual Coalition

A. AVT conference in Virginia—July 2007

B. Colorado, Indiana and California rallies

C. Milwaukee June 2008

1. Conference highlights

2. Rally at AG Bell Conference

III. Current status of DBC

A. Structure

1. Website

2. Chapters

3. Mail list

B. Recent actions

1. EHDI Conference

2. Cal-Ed Conference

3. Booths at expos and conferences

4. Presentations

5. Petition (online and in person)

IV. Future plans

A. Fundraising

B. 2010 Conference, Orlando, Florida

C. 2010 International Congress on Education of Deaf Conference, Vancouver, BC

D. Other updates

V. Closing Remarks and Q&A session